English: Kentish Plover
Russian: Морской зуёк
Mongolian: Тэнгисийн хиазат
German: Seeregenpfeifer
French: Gravelot a collier interrompu
Japanese: シロチドリ (Shiro-chidori)

Body length: 15-17.5 cm
Wing span: 42-45 cm

Breeding Visitor
Breeding season: May-August

Egg number: 3 (occasionally 2-4)
Egg colour: Buff or sandy with dark, pale grey lines.
Brood: 1 per year

Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Least Concern

Food: Arthropods and aquatic invertebrates

Habitat: Nests on the ground on open shore of rivers and lakes with gravel, on mudflats of lakes and on open areas of dry mud with scanty vegetation near brackish water. The nest is a hollow scrape line with sparse fragments of plants. On migration, it occurs on open shores and banks of rivers and lakes and other types of wetlands.